Card game



June 12, 1923. y1,458,849

W. H. PRIME CARD GAME Filed Jan. 20, 1922 INVENTOR Patented June 12,1923. A

UNITED STATES WALLACE E. PRIME, 0F BROOKLYN, NEW YORK. i

om enm` Application led January 20, 1922. Serial No. 580,705.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WALLACE H. PRIME, a citiz'en of the United States,residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Card Games, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to card games or playing cards. ome of theobjects of the present invention are: to produce a deck of cardscomprising a pluralit of sets of cards each of which bears certainindicia so that one set of cards may be played against the other set ofcards for the obtainment of a prescribed result; to produce a deck ofcards with which an amusing and interesting game may be layed and to beknown 'as buy and sell. gVith these and other objects in view theinvention resides in the distinctive features embodied by the cards andthe rules of the game all of which is fully ex lained hereinafter andpart of which is disclosed in the drawing forming a part hereof, and inwhich: v

Figure 1 is a collective view of the indicia bearing faces of the cardsrespectively of the several series which constitute one set of cards ofwhich the deck is constituted.

Figure 2 is a face view of one of the cards formin a part of one of thesets of cards of which t e complete deck is constituted.

Figure 3 is a view of the opposite face of the card shown in Figure 2.

Referring now more particularly to the several views of the drawing, itwill be apparent that, in Figure 1 four cards have been shown; the card10 having on the face thereof two numerals 1 arranged diagonallyopposite each other with a dividing line between them; the card 11having on the face thereof two numerals 2 arranged similarly to thenumerals on card 10 and having a similar dividing line as to form andposition; the card 12 having on the face thereof two numerals 3 arrangedsimilarly to the numerals on the card 10 and having a similar dividinline as to form and position; and the car 13 having on the face thereoftwo numerals 4 arranged similarly to the numerals on the card 10 andhaving a similar dividing line as to form and position. The cards 10,11, l2 and 13 are made up to comprise four series, and each seriesconsists of preferably seven identical cards. The four series of cardsconstitutes one set of the complete deck.

In Figures 2 and 3 the opposite faces of a single card 14 have beenshown. The face of the card shown in Figure 2 bears the word Buywhereas, the opposite face of the card as shown in Figure 3 bears theword Sell. There are preferably six identical cards 14 and theyconstitute the other set of cards of which the complete deck isconstituted.

The rules f or playing the game are as follows: To begin with it isassumed that each player has ten points. The players take turns indealing the cards. Each player exce t the dealer isA given a card 14which might betermed order card and this order card 1s laid in front ofthe player with either face u as the player may desire. The dealer theneals from the other set of cards. He deals one card to each of theplayers including himself, face up. Now for example, A, B and C areplaying and C is the first dealer. A has his order card with the Buyface up, and the card dealt to him bears the indicia numeral 1 whichmeans he is buying at one. B has his order card with the Sell face up,and the other card dealt to B bears the indicia numeral 2 which means Bis selling at two. The only card the dealer C has bears the indicianumeral 3 which is the ruling number or the number which is used as abasis in igurin the points won and lost by the players. nder the presentcircumstances A buys at l and is assumed to sell at Cs 3, thus C gives Atwo points. The two points added to the ten points which A already has,gives A a total of twelve points, while C loses two points of the tenpoints he originally had, leaving C with eight points. B sells at 2 andis assumed to buy at Cs 3, thus B gives C one point. The one pointsubtracted from Bs quota of ten points leaves him with nine points,while C adds one to his present total of eight oints, giving C ninepoints. It follows t at the score after this procedure is: A twelvepoints; B nine points; and C nine points. The dealer repeats thedistribution of number-indicia bearing cards until all of those cardshave been dealt with the attending scoring, after which the deal fallsto the next player. Hint: The dealer wins the number of points the otherplayer loses or the other players lose, and he loses the number ofpoints the other player wins or the other players win. The playergetting twenty-five .oints wins, or if one player or everyone of t eplayers, except onethe dealer, when there are more than two playing,loses his quota of ten oints, the player having the highest num er ofpoints wins.

While it has been set forth that one set of cards is made up of fourseries of seven cards euch, and that the other set of cards is made upof six cards, it is to be understood thatany preferred number of cardsmay be used. Moreover it is to be understood that the cards may be ofany design.

`What is claimed is:

l. A card game characterized by the dealer of the cards winning thenumber of points respectively the other player loses or the otherplayers lose, and by the dealer losing the number of points the otherplayer Wins or the other players win, said card game comprising a deckof cards comprising a plurality of sets of cards, each card of one sethaving number-indicia on one face thereof, and each card of the otherset having distinctive explanator -indicia respectively on the oppositefaces t ereof.

Maaate 2. A game comprising a deck of cards comprising a plurality ofsets of cards, each card of one set having number-indicia, and each cardof the other set having-the word Sell on one face thereof, and the wordBuy on the oposite faeethereof, for the purposes spec- 1 e A gamecomprising a deck of cards comprising a plurality of sets of cards, eachcard of one set having a plurality of similar numbers on one facethereof and arranged thereon so as to be readable with either end of thecard up, and each card of the other set having the Word Sell on one facethereof, and the Word Buy on the opposite face thereof, for the purposesspecified.

A game comprising a. deck of cards comprising a plurality of sets ofcards, one set of cards comprising series of identical cards eachbearing number-indicia; and each card of the other set having the wordSell on one face thereof and the word Buy on the opposite lface thereof,for the purposes specified.

In testimony whereof l hereby affix my signature.

WALLACE H. PRIME.

